2 Cor. 6:3Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry
be not blamed...

These
are the qualifications for leadership at Consuming
Fire Fellowship.A Church will never rise above the spiritual caliber of its leadership.It is imperative that the leaders of this local church live what they
profess so reproach will not come against Christ or His church.It is better not to have a ministry than to have its leaders not live in
accordance with their profession.Thus,
it becomes essential that we demonstrate the truth that we preach.

[1] Leaders must be
born-again and be a member of Consuming
Fire Fellowship.

[2]Unless the Pastor is already familiar with the newmember, the potential leader may be required toattend Consuming Fire Fellowshipa minimum
of six(6) months before being used in leadership.It often takes that long before a Pastor can know what kind of
character and spirit a person has.

[3]To be used in leadership there can be no presentinvolvement in any secret lodge or organization suchas the Masonic
Lodge or the Eastern Star.

[4]Leaders must be an example to the flock, and live aseparated life:

2 Cor 6:17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye
separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive
you.

HIn Speech, no profanity or
gossip.

HNo use of alcohol or tobacco
in any form.

H Must
not listen to secular music of any type (country, rock, jazz, classical, or
"Christian Entertainment" etc...)

HMust have a right spirit,
walking in purity, love, and temperance.

[5] TELEVISION,
MOVIES & VIDEOS: Leaders are never to patronize the movie theaters.
Neither are they to view any video in their home that they would be ashamed of
on the day of judgment (Absolutely no profanity, nudity, excessive violence, or
story line that does not glorify the Lord Jesus Christ). Would Jesus sit in
bodily form and watch such videos? If a leader is to have a television set at
all, he or she is to stringently monitor and control what is watched. Hollywood,
which is one of the greatest enemies of the Lord Jesus Christ, should not be
glorified by the church!

Psalm 101:3I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes...

Ephes. 5:11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful
works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

1 Thes. 5:22Abstain from all appearance of evil.

"Entertainment
is Satan's counterfeit for joy." Doreen Claggett

[6] Leaders must tithe.
This means 10% of your gross income. A man or woman that will not be faithful in
paying tithes disqualifies themselves for leadership.

Mal 3:8-10Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye
say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a
curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes
into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now
herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven,
and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Prov 3:9Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the
firstfruits of all thine increase...

[7]Leaders are to maintain a steady job (unless retired) and to exhibit good
work habits at their place of employmentThe
leader should adequately provide for his family.Leaders should be monetarily self-sufficient, eschewing a pattern of
financial dependence on others in the body.Likewise, leaders, if at all possible, should avoid accepting financial
help from the government.We cannotpreach faith and then refuse the path of faith in ourown lives.We must not only confess that God isour source, we must also
live like He is our source.

1
Thes. 4:11-12And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business,
and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; That ye may walk honestly
toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

2
Thes. 3:10-12For
even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work,
neither should he eat.For we hear
that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are
busybodies.Now them that are such
we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work,
and eat their own bread.

[8]Men who show a continued pattern of being �borrowers� and not a
�lenders,� or �takers, �rather than �givers� will not be considered
leadership worthy.

[9]Leaders must be "faithful" to the services.A personwho is not faithful to
�assemble� with the believerswill
not be faithful in ministry.

Hebrews
10:25Not
forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is�

Regular
corporate services/assemblies are as follows:

Sunday
Morning:8:30amprayer

10:00amworship service

Sunday
Evening:6:00pmprayer

Wednesday:7:30pm mid-week service

Third
Friday:8:30pm-12:30amprayer

Special
Services:As scheduled

Likewise,
if a leader is going to miss a service, they should inform the Pastor.Leaders should seek to be prompt if possible.Leaders will provide a good example by arriving at scheduled
services on time.

Luke 16:10He that is faithful in that which is least is
faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in
much.

Hebrews 10:25Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves
together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the
more, as ye see the day approaching.

[10]A leader should regularly be involved in the corporate evangelistic
ministry of the church, open-air ministry.

2
Tim. 4:5But
watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make
full proof of thy ministry.

Corporate
evangelistic opportunities:

Three
Fridays a month:Illusions Club/Woodville

Every
other Tuesday:LSU Campus/Baton
Rouge

Special
Events:As
scheduled

[11] Leaders must be
loyal to the Pastor and vision of the local Church. A man or woman must be
properly submitted to authority before they can be given authority.

Heb 13:17Obey
them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your
souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not
with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

This does not mean that
the servant leader must believe everything that the Pastor believes, or even
agree with everything that the church does. However, it does mean, that as long
as there is no moral issue involved, the person will cooperate with the Pastor
as he leads the Church under God.

[12] Leaders must agree
to the "The Doctrines of the Church". If a teacher, you must
only teach what this local church teaches and teach nothing that conflicts with
the doctrine of the church.

[13]Leaders must believe the King James "Authorized Version"
Bible to be the perfect, infallible, and divinely preserved Word of God.He must not use modern translations, which are all corrupted.

[14] A leader must have
"resiliency", this means, the leader is able to recover quickly from
any discouragements or rebukes and still maintain a high spirit. He or she
should be able to work through problems and not lose his or her spiritual
victory.

[15] A leader must have
a teachable spirit. If they are unable to receive counsel, they will be future
problems in the church.

James 3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure,
then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good
fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

[16] A leader must be
neat in appearance.

a.
Ladies singing specials or on the platform are to wear dresses, no slacks or
blue jeans of any kind at formal services.

b.
Men on the platform are not to wear blue jeans at formal services and must
maintain a neat an appropriate appearance.

[17]
If you are scheduled to minister in any capacity, try and give at least 3 days
notice if you will be absent and unable to minister.

[18] DEACONS &
ELDERS...... You will be delegated authority for the service and ministry
that God has called you to. Notice what the Word has to say concerning Elders
and Deacons of the church:

Acts 6:3Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you
seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may
appoint over this business.

1 Tim 3:8-11Likewise must the
deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of
filthy lucre; Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let
these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being
found blameless.Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers sober,
faithful in all things.

Deacons and Elders are
expected to be filled with the Holy Ghost and be faithful to the services. A
deacon or elder must be faithful to the various church prayer meetings. A deacon
or elder that will not come and pray will not be able to have the mind of God on
decision making.

[19] A leader should
pray daily for the church and the Pastor.

[20] A leader should
have compassion for others. A lack of patience and rigid and harsh treatment of
others can wound the sheep.

[21] A leader will not
be judged by his or her past history, but by his or her present day character.

Psa 103:12As
far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from
us.

Isa 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the
LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though
they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Isa 43:25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy
transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

[22] A leader's family
must be in order. Husbands loving their wives as Christ loves the church,
women submitted to their husbands, and children obedient to their parents
("in subjection" - not accused of being unruly or rebellious).

Ephes. 5:28So ought men to love their wives as
their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Titus 1:6If any be blameless, the
husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

1 Peter 3:1Likewise, ye wives, be in
subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may
without the word be won by the conversation of the wives...